Parasol.



B. L. HENRY.

.PARAsoL APYLIOATION FILED SEPT. 28, 1911.

Patented NOV. 18, 1913.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

B. L. HENRY.

PARASOL.

APHIGATION HLED SEPT. 28, 1911.

l ,079,240. Patented Nov. 18, 1913.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

UNITED STATES lPATENT oEEioE.

BEULAH L. HENRY, CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO WILLIAM THOMAS WOODLEY, 0F CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA.

PARASOL.

Apptication led September 28, 1911.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Paten-ted Nov. 18, 1913.

seriai No. 651,722.

T 0 all whom t may conce/'n Be itknown that I, BEULAH L. HENRY, a citiien of the United States, residing at Charlotte, in the county of Mecklenburg; and State of North Carolina, have invented new and useful Improvements in Parasols, I

of which the foliiwing a specification.

The general objects of the invent-ion are to adapt a sun shade or parasol to he folded i into a comparatively small compass when not iii use and to combine a vanity case with i thc handle thereof.

Other objects will appear and be better i understood in the following description f taken in connection vyvith the accompanying,r drawings, in Which- Figire 1 is a. side elevation of the device tion showing` the means for clamping the central portion of the cover to the stick. Fig. 3 is a detail section showing the means for attaching the cover to the frame. Fig. et is a detail perspective partly in section of the runner and a fragment of the stick.

` Fig'. 5 is a side elevation of the device telescoped or folded. F ig. 6 is a detail partly in section and elevation of the parts folded and with the cover removed. Fig. 7 is a detail partly in section and elevation of the vtip and thcsection in which the said tip telescopes'. Fig. 8 is a detailperspective of the attachment for the handle. Fig. 9 is a broken vertical section, partly in elevation illustrating the supporting means for the runner. Fig. 1() is a transverse section of the same taken just above the supporting means.

a indicates the stick which consists of the sec-tions 5 adapted to `telescope one into the .the notch 10 suitably secured. to the section into which the ferrule or tip 11 telescopes@ 12 indicates the cover formediotany sui-tahe material, and may be of any shade, tlie said cover'having a central opening to re` ceive the ferrule or tip 11 so as to bear on..

4 `the' notch 10.

ed to be secured onto a tubular extension 14:4

13 indicates a Washer adapto't' the notch cooperating with the latter to clamp the cover.

F ig. 2 is a detail sec-V 15, l5 indicate one ele I nient of a glove fastener secured in any prei ferred manner to the middle portion and g adyacent to the tree end of each lrib 9. 16, l 16 indicate the copei'ating'elements of the j glove fastener secured at suitable points on i the cover l2 so as to engage with the elements 15, l5. lVith this construction, it will be manifest that ithe cover may be readily detached or attached to the frame. EThe element lt of the glove fastener located at the edge ot he cover is elongated as shown. The inner nd portionof this ele nient is enlarged and adapted to interlock with the element 15 adjacent to the outer end of the rib. The reduced and elongated portion 18 extends to the top of the rib and presses the edge portion of the cover thereonto so as to Fevent the edge from curling upwardly an exposing the tip of the rib when the device is in use.

1S) indicates a chamber formed in`the handle section 2() 'of the stick, said chamber being intei'iorlyydivided into compartments 2l adapted fofthe reception of coins of different denominations or sizes, and further subdivided into'covered compartments 22 adapted to contain face powder, and the 1ike.'"24 indicates a hinged cover for thecbamhen and 25 a spring catch 'adapted tog'l'ofiltfthe cover against accidental outward mt'Wcme'Iit...y 26 indicates a mirror on the inner surfa'ce'ofthe cover, and the latter when closed forms part of the surtion, it will be seen that the components of an ordinary vanity case are associated with the handle and so located as to permit of ready access to the saine when desired.

The handle section 20 is by preference secured onto the adjacent section of the stick a, so that it may be detached in the event of its being desired to apply the handle to another parasol, this construction also per mitting of the handle to be sold as an article of manufacture independently of the parasol. i

27 indicates the runner which is herein shown as havin a peripheral circular Vflange 28 adapted 01 connection tothe lnne'r ends of the stretchers 29. The runner'has a hole l30 adapted to receive the sections 5. This contour of stick sections lis invariably employed in the construction of sun shades and. parasols, but it must be understood that I do not intend to limit my# face of the handle 20. Vith this construcj 

